The Tribeca Film Festival was created in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal and Robert De Niro to help the economy of New York and to help draw attention to filmmakers in New York. Well, it is about to enter it’s eighth year and it is still going strong. The amount of things to do during the festival is incredible, but what is even better is that it is open to the public. There are almost 200 movie screenings during the week, a street fair, a drive-in theater, and events for kids. The admission price of the movie tickets range from $8-15, and the discussion panels cost $25.

For those of you who are attending, here are some movies that sound interesting. For everybody else, these movies are worth checking out in the future. Some of the documentaries look really interesting. I am pretty curious myself.

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Spike Lee’s latest film Miracle at St. Anna will be released September 26th. “Miracle at St.Anna” is a WWII film that chronicles the story of four African-American soldiers who are members of the U.S. Army as part of the all-black 92nd  Division Buffalo Soldiers stationed in Tuscany, Italy, during World War II.

The film stars DEREK LUKE (“Antwone Fisher,” “Pieces of April”), MICHAEL EALY (“Barbershop,” “Their Eyes Were Watching God”), LAZ ALONSO (“Stomp the Yard,” “Jarhead”), and OMAR BENSON MILLER (“The Express,” “8 Mile,” “Transformers”) and newcomer MATTEO SCIABORDI. Also among the cast are JOHN TURTURRO (“The Good Shepherd,” “Barton Fink”), JOHN LEGUIZAMO (“The Happening,” “Moulin Rouge!”), JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT (“Stop-Loss,” TV’s “3rd Rock from the Sun”), and Italian actors PIERFRANCESCO FAVINO (“Angels & Demons,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,” “Night at the Museum”), VALENTINA CERVI (“The Portrait of a Lady,” “War and Peace”), OMERO ANTONUTTI (“Padre Padrone,” “The Night of the Shooting Stars”), SERGIO ALBELLI (“Carabinieri,” “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”) and LYDIA BIONDI (“Casanova,” “Tre passi dal delirio”).

Here are a few clips from there film.

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